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Cabaret Desire Is Like Visual Erotic Fiction
Monday, December 19th, 2011
As a writer and editor of erotic fiction, I’m a big fan of sexy stories. Written erotica is at its best when it has the freedom to build characters, emotions and motivation before the inevitable sex scene, allowing the reader’s imagination to colour the scenario with fabulous detail.
Alas, the same can rarely be said for porn films. If the creators bother with any kind of plot, it’s often arbitrary and shallow. The “story” usually exists only to throw together flimsy reasons as to why people should fuck. There might be 3 minutes of “plot” before the inevitable 20 minutes of sex.
Cabaret Desire, the latest film from Erika Lust, is different. Here, the story is the main attraction. The film features stories about sex, to be sure, but the sex is part of the journey, not necessarily the ultimate goal. In switching the focus to the more traditional filmic aim of telling a story, Erika Lust shows us just how good – and how arousing – porn movies can be.
Cabaret Desire is set in an uber-trendy Bohemian salon called the Poetry Brothel. Patrons pay the poetry “whores” to tell them erotic stories. As the cocktails are served and the cool jazz continues, we settle in to hear four different sexy adventures, each told via means of a voiceover and luscious cinematography. We meet a queer woman having simultaneous affairs, a woman with a full-body gimp outfit and a passion for theft, a young woman given a tantalizing birthday gift and an estranged couple meeting for a fresh date. Each story quickly introduces its characters but doesn’t stint on building atmosphere and tension. When the protagonists have sex, you know exactly why they are doing it and how they feel about it. Naturally this makes it a more compelling experience.
The sex itself is hardcore but doesn’t linger on gonzo style shots. Indeed, the editing is just right. You never get bored with endless pumping.
The sets are sumptuous, the lighting and cinematography high-class, the music stylish and well suited. The actors are natural, good looking in their own way and never stilted or self-conscious.
In short, I really enjoyed Cabaret Desire. It’s like collection of women’s erotic fiction with an added visual element, beautifully told and executed with an artistic flourish. I am a fan of Erika Lust’s work and I think this movie is her best yet. Certainly it raises the bar in terms of what can be accomplished with erotic film. I watched it and wondered how I can ever make porn this good. I guess the best I can do is try.
You can download or buy Cabaret Desire at Erika’s site Lust Cinema.
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New Porn For Women Movies
Monday, November 21st, 2011I finally got around to updating my Porn Movies For Women Site and ended up adding more than 20 new titles. I thought I’d share a few of the new female-friendly films that are now available.
The Female Voyeur
Petra Joy’s latest film is an incredible journey into sensuality and female fantasy. This erotic and sumptuous film breaks porn taboos by including a threesome where the two guys are bi (mainstream porn won’t allow this unless the title is officially “bi” or “gay”). There’s also a cheeky male beauty pageant where three guys compete to impress the panel of horny female judges. The main attraction, though, is the intense, 40 minute orgy scene where a Queen is pleasured by her multiple slaves. Think all the debauchery of Caligula but from a female perspective. It’s a feast for the senses and is accompanied by an amazing soundtrack. I’ve never seen anything like it in porn before and I love it. Petra works hard to create erotic films that women will enjoy and I think this is her best movie so far.
Available From
Good Vibrations: Download
Gamelink: Download
Cabaret Desire
Erika Lust’s latest film isn’t quite live yet (it will be online in the next few days). Cabaret Desire tells the story of a magic and behomian place where people go at night to be told erotic stories. Each guest is assigned a lady or gentleman by a Madame and prepare themselves for the poetic trip they’re about to take. Words flow and desire smoothly invades every corner. This film seeks to intertwine erotic poetry with sexual images and made use of the Poetry Brothel, a Spanish group of performers and writers. This film is Erika Lust’s biggest project so far. Her films feature very high quality cinematography and a distinctly artistic flavour, though they are also very sexy.
Available From
Lust Cinema: DVD or Download
A Touch Of Seduction
Major porn studio Wicked have tried their hand at romantic couples porn with the Wicked Passion series. A Touch Of Seduction is the first film that features only people of colour and it’s actually a little bit groundbreaking because it – gasp – doesn’t portray them in a racist way. This film simply features sexy black couples getting it on in a realistic way. They’re all big-name porn stars and the sex can sometimes stray into porny territory but there’s also lots of foreplay, kissing and real chemistry involved.
Available From
Gamelink: DVD or download
Ms Naughty Store: DVD
Good Vibrations: DVD
Tristan Taormino’s Rough Sex 3: Adrianna’s Dirty Mind
I met Adrianna Nicole in Berlin and she’s a wonderful, smart woman who really enjoys sex. This film is a thorough exploration of her dirty fantasies and delves into the darker parts of sexuality. She creates the scenes. She chooses her partners. She controls what happens. In this film she tests her own boundaries, and rides the seductive line between pleasure and pain. Rough sex is not everybody’s cup of tea but here it’s done properly, with context and care. Award winning director Tristan Taormino also includes interviews with the performers so you get a good idea of the fantasies, emotions and motives behind each scene.
Available From
Ms Naughty store: DVD
Gamelink: DVD or Download
Good Vibrations: DVD
Lust Cinema: DVD or Download
Expert Guide To Advanced Anal Sex
Another Tristan Taomino film, this one takes anal instruction a step further. Like previous “Expert Guide” films, this movie features comprehensive explanations about the best ways to have anal sex and includes instruction in sex toys, advanced positions, g-spot stimulation and male anal pleasure. Then we get to see the techniques in action. Like all of Tristan’s films, the sex scenes are realistic, include vibrator and lube use and focus on female pleasure. If you’re a fan of anal you’ll love this film. I would also recommend the Expert Guide to Female Orgasms as a great female-friendly porn film.
Available From
Ms Naughty: DVD
Gamelink: DVD or Download
Good Vibrations: DVD or Download
Some older titles:
Crash Pad Series 6: Wide Open
Award winning director Shine Louise Houston continues her queer porn adventures with the latest installment in the Crash Pad Series of videos. The idea is simple: People come to the Crash Pad apartment to fuck without inhibition or complications. This movie features a broad range of queer identities, including queer women, femmes and butches, transmen, and real lesbian sex plus genderqueer expression and hot action of every kind – it’s passionate, intense, tender and edgy, but more than anything, it’s real.
Available From
Gamelink: DVD or download
Good Vibrations: DVD or Download
Or you may just want to check out the Crash Pad Series website
Dirty Diaries
Mia Engberg’s collection of short films made headlines a while ago because the Swedish government subsidised the production. I’m pleased to say the film can now be seen online via Lust Cinema. The 12 short films include hardcore action and vanilla sex, queer and straight, flashing and fucking, provocation, penetration, even poetry. Art and orgasms abound in these unique short films for open adult minds. This isn’t standard porn but it is feminist and it is from a female perspective.
Available From:
Lust Cinema: DVD or Download
Back In Time
Playgirl have now created so many titles that they’ve taken up making compilation DVDs. This one features lots of erotic scenarios set in the past. It’s heavy on the romance and courtship and naturally rife with costumes so it will come in handy for firing up those old fashioned fantasies. Be warned that Playgirl has nice setups but the sex tends to be formulaic and very similar to what you’ll find in most mainstream porn films. Features a bonus sex scene and a bonus solo scene plus behind the scenes footage and photos.
Available From
Gamelink: DVD
Ms Naughty store: DVD
The Porn Movies For Women site is desperately in need of a revamp. I created it in 2004 when there weren’t many films to choose from. Now I have over 300 titles listed and I update it all by hand. It’s hard going but it’s worth it. Please check it out for a complete listing of female-friendly movies. Beyond boy-girl vanilla stuff that is often associated with porn for women, I’ve listed queer, lesbian, instruction and kinky titles as well. I hope to expand the categories further in the future.
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The Female Voyeur – Sneak Peek
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Petra Joy has spent over a year working on her latest erotic film, The Female Voyeur. She encountered huge difficulties in getting it made and ended up in hospital halfway through. Thankfully, though, it’s finally ready for release. She’s put the trailer for it here.
I downloaded it and took a few screenshots. The whole thing looks visually amazing and the fantasies on offer are very different from the usual porn fare. I can’t wait to see it.
Visit Petra’s site for more info. Or check out my Petra Joy page at Porn Movies For Women.
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The Guardian Does Porn For Women
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
The Guardian likes to attract clicks by including articles about porn but often the articles are negative in tone and rely on the arguments of anti-porn feminists like Gail Dines. Thankfully they’ve taken a step in the right direction by offering a story on porn for women and including comments by Erika Lust, Anna Span and Petra Joy. Aside from talking about women’s porn like it’s a new thing, the piece is very positive, if a little limited in scope.
Lust says: “Pornographers are usually middle-aged straight guys, with a similar cultural background. They don’t like it when I say that I make porn for women. They say their porn is for everybody and I am the ‘tight’ one. But I just can’t have an intellectual discussion with them, because they don’t measure up. What I’m doing is criticising the kind of porn they have been making for years and offering an alternative.”
Perhaps more interesting are the 250+ comments underneath. Most claim they don’t know how porn for women would be different to other porn. Plenty trot out the usual arguments that not all women are the same or else they dismiss women’s erotica as all candles and romance. I added my own comment here but it’s impossible to really talk about the issue in any depth as a comment.
Following on from the Guardian, Salon’s Tracy Clark Flory asks Why do we care so much about ‘porn for women’?
I was writing about feminist, female-directed porn back in college for my school newspaper. In the seven or so years since then, far more female directors and feminist production companies have premiered on the scene, but we’re still asking the same fundamental question: What is “porn for women,” exactly? I’m interested in a different question, though: Why is this a perennial subject of debate?
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Every woman has a different definition of “porn for women” based on her own finicky desires. There might be some common requests — like more kissing, more narrative — but those things are highly subjective.
So Tracy comes to the same conclusion as many others: “porn for women” is a difficult concept to codify. At least she doesn’t go on to completely dismiss the idea because of that.
By the way, the first bit of that paragraph makes me feel fucking old. When I was first building For The Girls over 7 years ago, Tracy was a student. How did that time go so fast?
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Dusk Erotic TV Channel For Women Has 1.2 Million Viewers
Friday, February 25th, 2011
In Berlin in October 2009 I had the opportunity to meet Martijn Broersma, a TV executive who had just set up an adult cable channel for women in the Netherlands called Dusk. We talked about porn for women and he invited me to submit my film “That’s What I Like” and anything else I made.
2010 rolled around and I got bogged down in the drama of trying to revamp For The Girls. I didn’t make any more movies until November. And I didn’t get around to sending off my films until just recently. Silly me.
Since I met Martijn, Dusk has been beavering away (as it were), turning itself into an impressive channel that now caters to over 1.2 million women.
Dusk says they offer “porna” – a new term they coined to describe erotic material that was different from the usual “porno”. Their main market is straight women and they offer films like Erika Lust’s Barcelona Sex Project, Candida Royale’s films and Matinee by the gorgeous Jennifer Lyon Bell.
“Holland is lucky to have Dusk. There is definitely a market of under-served women [in the United States] who would love to have something like this,” said Bell. “There is a revolution going on right now in porn, in alternative and feminist porn, and yet there aren’t a lot of outlets for it to be sold.”
In 2004 there was an attempt to set up a similar erotic channel for women in the US. Inpulse TV was launched with fanfare but I never heard another thing about it. Perhaps the time wasn’t right.
I guess the last few years have seen a growth in the number of women who enjoy porn and are actively seeking it out.
The other interesting thing about Dusk is they actively invite women to comment on what they like via their site. This means the films are partly selected by the viewers, a nice intiative.
My films aren’t on Dusk yet but they will be soon.
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I Recommend: The Expert Guide To Female Orgasms
Friday, February 25th, 2011
Last month I reviewed Tristan Taormino’s Expert Guide To Female Orgasms for For The Girls and I’m overdue to talk about it here.
Put simply, I loved it.
It’s the latest in Tristan’s Expert Guide series in which she presents sex education accompanied by scenes of hot sex. The important thing is, the sex isn’t your usual porny stuff. Instead, the lovely porn stars demonstrate how to have good sex, the kind of stuff that results in female orgasms.
And by damn, if there’s isn’t a plethora of good sex female orgasms in this film.
Tristan gives a no-nonsense yet entertaining run down of female anatomy and psychology before discussing techniques. In between we’re treated to five different couples getting it on. The female stars were invited to choose their partners and are given the freedom to have sex however they like. On hand are a variety of sex aids including the ubiquitous Hitachi Magic Wand.
This film proves one thing: if you want to guarantee a female orgasm, make sure you have a mains-powered vibrator handy.
The sex ranges from very soft and quiet (Evanni Solei and Evan Stone) to playful and slightly rough – with anal (Adrianna Nicole and James Deen). There’s also a lovely scene starring Madison Young and Jiz Lee mixing it up with vibrators, dildos and lots of fisting. It’s good to see Vivid expand its boundaries and include a queer scene in there.
The other great thing about this film are the interviews with the stars. They talk honestly about what turns them on, how they masturbate, what it feels like to have an orgasm.
In short, The Expert Guide To Female Orgasms is fabulous. If you want to see porn that gives priority to female pleasure, respects its performers and delivers some seriously slide-off-your-seat sex, this film delivers in spades.
Please visit Porn Movies for Women for a selection of over 300 female-friendly films
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Fucking Is The Only Prayer – Trailer
Thursday, February 24th, 2011Fucking Is The Only Prayer - Trailer from Louise Lush on Vimeo.
I finally got around to making a short trailer for Fucking Is The Only Prayer which screens at Cinekink in New York on March 4 and is available in the member’s area of For The Girls.
The thing is, when your short film is only 3 minutes long, a trailer for it is kind of tricky. You don’t want to give the whole thing away; you only want to give a brief idea of what’s happening without spoiling it.
What’s interesting is that I’ve made my erotic film look a little bit like a sexy horror film in this clip. That’s not the intention but I found that I quite liked the result so I’ve left it as-is.
Rest assured, Fucking Is The Only Prayer is not a horror movie. It’s a sensual look at the spiritual side of sex – without reference to deities. An atheist porn film.
You’ll find more detail at my film site Indigo Lush.
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Don’t Dream It, Be It: Women Enjoying Porn And Making Porn
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Lady Porn Day. There are so many things I could write about porn for women* and women’s enjoyment of porn. And there’s so much I’ve already written; the landing page of my blog has a whole bunch of posts that I recommend you read.
What I want to do here is talk about the future of women’s porn because perhaps Lady Porn Day is a marker of sorts. It feels as though things are shifting, ideas are changing. Perhaps the audience of porn-loving women has hit a critical mass and it’s time to head in new directions. As someone who has made porn for women for ten years, I’m fascinated. And I want to be involved.
I’ve found the comments made via the #ladypornday hashtag on Twitter to be interesting and enlightening but also a little depressing. It seems there are a lot of disgruntled women out there. My first encounters with the idea of Lady Porn Day were couched in the complaint that it was not representative enough. Then there was this really angry complaint about Filament magazine. And the hashtag revealed more complaints. I can probably add them to the list of things I’ve heard many women say about “porn for women” over the years. They include:
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1. There’s no porn made for women
2. I can’t find any porn for women
3. Porn for women is all candles and romance and soft focus and softcore and that doesn’t turn me on
4. Porn for women is really just for gay men
5. Porn for women is stereotypical and illogical because you can’t make assumptions about what every woman would like
6. There’s no erections
7. The guys are ugly/too muscular/too skinny/too gay looking/too young/too old/too white
8. Porn for women is completely focused on heterosexual vanilla sex
9. I don’t see myself represented in this porn
10. I don’t find my particular turn-on/kink/fetish/fantasy in this porn
I’ve covered some of these issues in the following posts:
Porn for women – the backlash
The female gaze does not exist?
But what if stereotypes turn you on?
Boring blowjobs and feminist facials
Misconceptions aside, I know porn aimed at women is not perfect. It’s still a relatively new phenomenon and one that struggles with numerous issues.
From a purely commercial viewpoint, the market for porn for women is smaller; a lot of women still don’t buy porn. That alone restricts what’s out there because making porn usually requires money. Commercial considerations as to what will appeal to the most people come into play. If you think that most porn for women is too heterosexual or vanilla… that’s because it still sells. That’s not to say diversity won’t sell or that women don’t want diversity because I know they do but commercial factors are always in play here.
When it comes to who is represented in the images of porn, that too is limited, firstly by who is willing to get their kit off in the first place, and secondly by how much money there is to pay them for said kit-off-getting. Thirdly there’s the consideration of the audience and what they want to see. Decisions need to be made as to whether something will appeal to the viewer in a sexy way. Obviously subjective ideas as to what is erotic play a big part in this but there’s also the consideration of wider appeal (and of NOT turning off the viewer).
Women’s porn is only just beginning to diversify. Mainstream porn aimed at men has split into dozens of specific “niches”. If you want dwarf bondage orgy porn, it’s out there, though it’s still presented from a male perspective. Porn aimed at women hasn’t got there yet. Give it time.
And I’m saying all this from the perspective of owning one of the largest and oldest paysites for straight women, For The Girls. In theory, I’m guilty of making porn for women too restrictive because my site is relatively vanilla and heterosexual. But I’m just one person and FTG is just one site. It’s impossible to be all things to all women. FTG does try to offer a broad variety of content, particularly when it comes to our stories and articles but it can only really fulfil its original purpose: to be a site for women like me.
So having said all that, I want to think positively about the idea of complaints. Mainly, that a complaint is an opportunity.
If you are feeling disgruntled with the state of women’s porn, there are three positive things you can do about it:
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1. Make a request or a suggestion to the people who are making porn. Everyone loves feedback because it’s really useful in helping to refine what’s being offered. But for goodness sake, be nice about it. Catch flies with honey. Remember, pornographers are people too. And chances are they are just doing their best, trying to be creative and make a living, following their own vision.
2. Be prepared to back up your request with cash. By that I mean, make it apparent that you are willing to support the porn companies/sites/filmmakers and buy their product. Making good porn usually requires money, especially if you want good production values and also want to pay your actors/models properly. Ive written more on this in the post Why you shouldn’t assume all porn should be free.
This also applies to links. If you like a pic and put it on your blog, make sure you acknowledge the source. And obviously don’t just steal other people’s pics and repost them as your own. Be fair in your dealings with porn if you want it to be fair to you.
3. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, consider making it yourself. Take your own photos. Shoot your own movies. Write erotic fiction. Create your own vision of what is sexy and put it out there. What’s stopping you? The internet is there for the taking, self publishing is easy, erotic creativity is only constrained by your imagination. Hell, you can even make money with it, either through direct sales or through advertising and affiliate marketing.
Don’t dream it, be it.
And if you need any advice, I’m right here.
I’ve been doing this for ten years. I know a fair bit about online marketing, hosting, domains, traffic, billing, movie editing, coding, writing, PR, advertising, content, licensing, networking and generally selling porn. If you have a vision and want to do something different, I’m happy to give advice. Email me (msnaughty AT msnaughty dot com).
So, the future of women’s porn. Where do we go from here?
I guess it all depends on whether the rest of the porn industry steps into the twenty-first century and decides to embrace women as consumers. If all porn was inclusive, respectful, positive and not sexist then I don’t think there’d be as much of a need for the construct that is “porn for women”.
But that doesn’t sound like it’s going to happen soon. And I do think there’s always a place for porn that speaks only to women as an audience because women experience sex in their own way.
In the meantime, I’m hoping that more women start to speak about their enjoyment of porn and make their presence felt as active consumers. I think more women will step into creative roles and start to make their own porn. There’ll be more diversification and more options, a wider choice. And perhaps a wider social recognition of women’s enjoyment of porn.
Oh, and I hope that piracy and censorship doesn’t fuck it all up first.
I know my future holds a lot of changes this year. I need to revamp a lot of sites, including Ms Naughty. I want to embrace the changes that are coming. And I have a lot of porn that I want to create. It won’t be porn that is everyone’s bag, but it will make me happy and express my own sexuality. And I’ve found that when you do that, you easily find like-minded people who appreciate what you make.
So Happy Lady Porn Day, all.
PS. Let’s do this all again on Cake and Cunnilingus Day.
* Cue the inevitable disclaimer that I mainly talk about cisgender heterosexual women, although not necessarily in this post as I’m also thinking about lesbians, transwomen, queer folk on occasion. You can decide which bit is which and flagellate or praise me accordingly.
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Lady Porn Day
Monday, February 21st, 2011
I went back online after the conference and my time away to discover that a blogger called Rabbit Write had planned a blogosphere event called Lady Porn Day. The idea is to start a discussion about women and porn and also share links of what women enjoy.
I only found about about the event because MayMay posted a critique of the event’s banners, complaining that they focused on typical porn images of women rather than nude men or diverse sexualities. There followed plenty of Twitter agreement and snark. So I kind of landed in the middle of a shitstorm without knowing what was going on. I do agree… there weren’t enough nude men on the banners. There’s never enough nude men in banners.
In any case, Rabbit Write has heard the criticism, added more banners and listened to the various criticisms. She says she’s trying to make the thing as inclusive as possible.
I actually think it’s a nice idea, trying to stir conversation and raise a bit of awareness of women and porn. This is what I’ve been trying to do for ten years. It will be interesting to see how it all goes, especially if Rabbit garners some mainstream media attention.
I’ll write a post for Lady Porn Day on the 22nd.
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Porn For Women Retrospective 2010
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010Another year has whizzed by and it’s time to do another rundown of all things porn for women in 2010. This year the adult industry has again endured tough times in the face of ever-increasing free content and the dismal global economy. Nonetheless, erotic content for women continues to grow and become more popular. There’s been a real attempt by many in the industry to try and cater to women, perhaps out of desperation. There’s also been an explosion of queer and alternative porn.
In The News
* “Hello Ladies.” In February, Isiah Mustafa first uttered the opening line to the now much-loved Old Spice ad and caused an internet sensation. The advertisement took a quirky view of masculinity and also unashamedly appealed to the sex drive of straight women, something that is still rare. Now millions of women around the world have begun to fantasise about a well-spoken black man who’s on a boat… and a horse.
* Playboy TV made headlines in November when they announced a revamp of the channel, setting their sights on female viewers. They plan to offer “softer” content with “real chemistry, nonenhanced body parts, varied body shapes and contextualized’ sex.”
* In January the Shady Lady ranch in Nevada caused a stir by getting approval to offer male prostitutes to female clients – a first. One of the new workers (”prostidudes”) called “Markus” caused a stir by comparing himself to Rosa Parks. He didn’t last long, quitting in March. The Shady Lady continued on without him.
* The Twilight books and films were so popular that some took to calling the saga “porn for women”. I disagreed.
* British women’s porn pioneer Anna Span put her filmmaking career on hold to run for parliament in March. She stood for the Liberal Democrats using her real name of Anna Arrowsmith and came in third, considerably increasing the LibDem vote.
* The ongoing saga of the .xxx domain continued and I was actually quoted in the Guardian opposing it.
* It was also a huge year for censorship – which I’ll address a little later in the post.
The Magazines Are Back
* 2010 was a bumper year for UK startup magazine Filament, with strong sales and an expansion into the US and Australia.
* Playgirl announced that it was going back into print after a year of web-only publication. The headline-grabbing nude photoshoot of Levi Johnston (Sarah Palin’s would-be son-in-law) prompted the turnaround; his pics appeared in the February edition, causing much distress because there was no full-frontal nudity.
* In January Candy Rain, another magazine for straight women, was launched. Only one issue appeared all year however a benefit has recently been held to assist in publishing the second.
New Porn for Women Movies (Straight)
* In my opinion the best film for women released this year was Erika Lust’s Life Love Lust. Her beautifully-produced vignettes have a depth and vision not usually seen in porn. She also dared to portray sex that results in… a baby. For The Girls interviewed Erika in July and I included pics from the movie here.
* Petra Joy released Her Porn 2, another compilation of erotic short films and excerpts for women. I found this important because it includes my first short film, “That’s What I Like”. Petra also completed filming her fourth feature, despite ill health and numerous production issues.
* Netherlands-based director Jennifer Lyon Bell teamed up with Belgian artist Murielle Scherre, aka La Fille D’O, to create Des Jours Plus Belles Que La Nuit, a depiction of a real couple making love in real time. It won a Feminist Porn Award for Best Direction. It is due to be released in the US soon, following the already successful Matinee.
* Mimi Balfour created a softcore erotic film called Man of My Dreams which also won a Feminist Porn Award.
* Sex advisor and author Jamye Waxman directed 101 Sex Positions For Lovers which was filmed in Jamaica and featured real-life couples.
* Larger producers Playgirl and Sweet Sinner continued to release new features aimed at straight women regularly in 2010. Major studio New Sensations also created a new line called “Romance”, aimed at women and couples.
Lesbian and Queer Porn
* Artist and porn star Madison Young had a huge year in 2010. She directed and starred in a swathe of films including Pregnant With Desire, a new film exploring the sexual aspects of pregnancy. Madison herself is expecting her first child in 2011.
* Queersexual personality Jiz Lee was everywhere this year, appearing in many indie and alt films as well as popping up in more mainstream productions. She also set up her own charity website, Karma Pervs and appeared in a massive queer orgy for her 30th birthday on Crash Pad Series. For The Girls interviewed her in November.
* Courtney Trouble was also a queer filmmaking powerhouse this year, releasing numerous films through the Reel Queer Productions label including several titles in the Roulette series and Seven Minutes In Heaven. She also maintained her stable of queer porn sites including NoFauxxx.
* French director Emilie Jouvet took a group of queer friends on a sex tour of Europe and released Too Much Pussy: Feminist Sluts on the QueerX Roadshow, an erotic documentary of their trip.
* Triangle Films made waves with their major production River Rock Women’s Prison which won several awards.
Statistics and Surveys
* In February the Sun reported that more women were watching porn than ever with 76% of readers “admitting” to enjoying porn.
* In June, Cosmopolitan reported on a survey of their readers and found that 60% of their readers enjoyed porn, either alone or as part of their relationship. Another 15% said they hadn’t seen it but were open to the idea.
Awards and Festivals
* In April the fifth annual Feminist Porn Awards were announced with gongs handed out to a variety of groundbreaking straight and queer films. The list of nominations was substantial, revealing just how much the female-friendly and alt porn movement has grown. 2010 saw the first Emerging Filmmaker award handed out to Tobi Hill Meyer.
* The AVN Awards continued to mostly ignore alternative films, concentrating on the mainstream industry. Tristan Taormino won Best Educational Release for her Expert Guide to Threesomes but that was about it. The awards night was attended by the “Queer Porn Mafia” (Jiz Lee, Dylan Ryan, Amber Flores, Madison Young and Courtney Trouble among others – see pic above).
* The Pornutopia erotic film festival held in Albuquerque was cancelled after local authorities told them they were breaking zoning laws. The city maintains it isn’t censorship but the festival directors aren’t convinced.
* I didn’t get to attend the Berlin Porn Film Festival this year which was a pity as they had a record-breaking attendance. Jennifer Lyon Bell conducted a workshop on porn and feminism and Emile Jouvet’s film Much More Pussy received an honourable mention.
* Cinekink, the kinky film festival based in New York, toured the US throughout the year. I’m pleased to say my film That’s What I Like featured at a number of screenings.
Our Porn, Ourselves and The Anti-Porn Brigade
* 2010 saw a major increase in campaigning against pornography, thanks mostly to Gail Dines who was flogging her anti-porn book Pornland to anyone who’d listen. Dines uses shock tactics and generalisations to argue that porn was “hijacking our sexuality” and ultimately should be prohibited. Dines said “Women defending porn are likely deluded by the near trillion dollar industry.” My reply to that is here.
* Religious groups are also moving to ban porn using the dodgy concept of “addiction”. In May I looked at Dirty Girls Ministries, a site that charges women money to help cure their “addiction” to masturbation and porn.
* Blogger and author Violet Blue fought back against the anti-porn movement, creating Our Porn, Ourselves, a gathering of pro-porn activists including many women who enjoy explicit material. Violet’s Facebook page had over 3000 members when Facebook shut it down without warning or explanation in July.
* Moral panic about the “sexualisation of children” has also spurred numerous calls for censorship. In July a conference in the UK attended by Australian academic Catharine Lumby sought to cut through the nonsense and properly study the issue. They pointed out that most of the “research” on the issue is biased or poorly conceived. I wrote about the issue here.
Other Censorship
Looking back at my blog posts over the last year, it’s depressing to see how often censorship and anti-porn campaigning comes up. Perhaps its a personal obsession but I think it’s part of an overall trend. The governments of the world have woken up and they want to control the internet. Part of that is a panic over online porn and a demand for increased censorship. Here in Australia, the nanny state has gotten worse in 2010 with numerous arrests and crackdowns on adult material.
* In January a storm erupted in cyberspace over reports that Australia had banned the depiction of small breasts in porn and were also banning female ejaculation. The news came from The Sex Party and I wrote about it on this blog post. Within days the story had gone viral and turned up in mainstream media. The censors eventually denied that this was the case, although it did publicse the fact that material can be considered child porn if the models *look* underage.
Nonetheless, it rapidly became an established internet “fact” and even resulted in web vigilantes Anonymous attacking the Australian parliament in “Operation Titstorm” as part of a protest against the proprosed mandatory internet filter.
* In March TV show Hungry Beast raised awareness of censorship with their report on the way magazines alter images of female genitalia to meet classification guidelines: “Too Much Genital Detail”
* In May Garion Hall, the owner of AbbyWinters.com, was found guilty of “making an objectionable film” – even though the magistrate didn’t watch the film or ask for anyone else to classify it. It was the first conviction of its kind in Australia. Abby Winters has now moved all operations to The Netherlands.
* Also in May, an adult shop owner was sent to prison for three months for selling X-rated films in Sydney. Since then there have been numerous raids on sex shops and a crackdown on selling explicit porn in several states. It is not illegal to own or buy X-rated films in Australian states but it is illegal to sell them. NSW has since given police the power to decide if a film is illegal on the spot, rather than handing it over to classifiers.
* In July Australian Senator Stephen Conroy announced that the planned mandatory internet filter would be delayed pending a review of the classification categories. The subsequent federal election saw a minority Labor government with the filter still on the cards.
* In the US in April, adult director and author Tristan Taormino faced protests from a “family” group before giving a presentation on porn at Princeton University.
* In December, the UK parliament decided they wanted to jump on the censorship bandwagon, looking at a plan to ban online porn unless adults “opt in”.
Ms Naughty In 2010
Professionally, this year hasn’t been the best for me. The biggest problem has been neverending delays with the upgrade of For The Girls. You can read the full, painful story here. I still haven’t got a refund and I lost so much time waiting, putting things off. I also held off on my plans for more erotic films. So it’s been very frustrating.
Indeed, writing this retrospective based on my blog posts has been difficult simply because I haven’t posted as much this year. Twitter is partly to blame but I’ve also been spending time doing other things.
Still, the last couple of months have seen me get back on track. I’m still editing the footage I shot in November and I also took part in a fabulous male model shoot at the start of December for FTG. The results are fantastic.
2010 marked my 10th anniversary creating porn online. It’s kind of hard to believe I’ve been doing this for so long. I have been suffering a bit of porn fatigue lately but I’m also motivated to head into the new year with a fresh mind and try new things. Lots to do!
Perhaps my biggest non-porn achievement of the year was cycling 500km over 9 days in September. I also attended the Rise of Atheism conference in Melbourne which was inspiring and interesting. And I handed out “how to votes” for the Sex Party which was more fun than I expected.
Some larger blog posts from 2010
Defining the harm of porn – a look at Michael Flood’s research and why it’s flawed
What Oprah didn’t tell you about porn for women – I wrote a guest piece for Good Vibrations blog on my favourite topic.
Dear kinky people, cut vanilla a break, will ya? – A somewhat controversial post about how vanilla sex is sometimes derided as boring or repressed.
It Gets Better… But why should it be bad in the first place? – Are teenagers forever doomed to be horrible to each other?
In 2010, a prosecution for procuring an abortion – My thoughts on abortion.
Fiona Patten reveals how the NVE classification was derailed – a video from the Humanist Conference detailing how porn was almost legalised in 1999.
How sex with your head in a toilet bowl can be OK – Not all porn is degrading
The female gaze does not exist? – Another bit of musing (and arguing) on the terms “porn for women” and “the female gaze”.
Eye Candy Posts
Admiring the mankini
The Dirk Diggler dick from Boogie Nights’ last scene
In defence of facial hair
Previous End Of Year Posts
Porn for women retrospective 2009
Porn for women retrospective 2008
Porn for women retrospective 2007
Porn for women retrospective 2006
Image Credit
Pic of the Queer Porn Mafia by Courtney Trouble from here.
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Christmas Porn Pics
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Just a random Christmas porn post to brighten up the blog.
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Friday, December 10th, 2010
The blog has been neglected for a week because I’ve been rather busy with For The Girls – specifically, we were doing a major photography session to be featured in upcoming updates. We booked a swish apartment at the beach and proceeded to move every single piece of furniture around, setting up a temporary photo studio. Then we had six very lovely men come in so we could capture their general hotness on film. I also took some fun behind-the-scenes video which we’ll also feature – I got a little video-happy and now there’s 4 tapes to edit.
We were also going to do some scenes on the beach but the weather was atrocious. It rained almost constantly – at least, until the day we were leaving.
There were a few times during the two days when I had a “how did I get here?” moment. It’s when you realise that you’re in a very unusual situation that your careers counsellor never anticipated. One such moment involved me standing clothed in the shower cubicle, hosing down a naked erect man with the hand shower while Jane took pics. There’s not a lot of small talk you can make in those kinds of situations, besides “So… do you come here often?”
I also had the job of wrapping electrical cables around another model for an arty shot and arranging a computer mouse just so. Good fun.
These pics are just a taste of what we shot. It’s going to take a while to edit things and I suspect Christmas will get in the way but they’ll be appearing at For The Girls very soon.
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Liselle Bailey – Great New Female Porn Director
Monday, November 22nd, 2010A few days ago I reviewed Match Mates, a new gonzo erotic film from British company Joybear Films. I had met Joybear’s owner Justin last year in Berlin but this was the first of his films I’d managed to find time to watch.
I really enjoyed it. It’s a full-on gonzo film where the director and camera are part of the action. What makes it different is that the director is female. Liselle Bailey used to be a teacher (as the Sun breathlessly reports) and Match Mates is her first film. She brings a fresh approach to the whole gonzo deal and I found it much less sleazy than most other porn films of the same genre. Also, the porn stars all have lovely English accents and they laugh a lot. This is a fun porn film that’s also very hot.
It’s great to see another female director bringing her unique vision to adult movies.
You’ll find my full review of Match Mates at For The Girls.
You can find Match Mates at Joybear or at Ms Naughty Store or Gamelink
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New Porn For Women Movies
Friday, September 24th, 2010I’ve added new movies and reviews to Porn Movies For Women but I thought I’d also throw a few of the more recent ones into a post here, just in case clicking over to another site feels like too much hard work.
The Teacher
Nica Noelle has been incredibly busy with her Sweet Sinner line, she’s onto her 30th film! Her movies put female pleasure first and eschew the standard porn formula for sex. She’s also keen on exploring common female fantasies – like this one:
The blurb: Professors and married couple Darla Crane and Tom Byron take an active interest in their students’ education. For Darla that means helping tough but sweet Mr. Pete find his way as a writer, while Tom assists Alyson Westley with math. But these young students want some sexual tutoring as well, and their come on’s prove too tempting for the older couple to resist. the only problem is, someone’s been watching the lascivious exploits, and the professors soon find themselves on the wrong end of a blackmail scheme. Who’s behind the scandalous plot?
London Sex Project
I met Justin from Joybear Films in Berlin last year and he’s a lovely bloke. He makes erotic films for couples and is a romantic at heart. This film is quite a clever idea – it’s masquerading as a documentary but in reality the whole thing was set up.
The blurb: What is the London Sex Project? Six out of ten people have sex outside their relationship. Leading adult film producer, Joybear Pictures, has commissioned award-winning filmmaker, Oliver McDowell, to find out why. Critics are calling this the most explicit documentary ever made. After months of interviews, McDowell and the LSP research team have found a group of Londoners who are willing to talk openly about sex outside their existing relationship. Each participant has also agreed to be filmed having sex with their lovers, using our hidden cameras. Whilst they are aware of the secret filming, their lovers are unaware.
Mesmerized By You
This is another Playgirl film, churned out monthly from their Playgirl porn factory. If you like soft focus, sexy music and fairly standard porn sex, this is for you.
Official Blurb: As if a spell has been cast over your heart, you become transfixed by the moment. Captivated by animal passions, you are spellbound until the completion of your desires.
An Open Invitation: A Real Swingers Party In San Franciscio
This film was called “The best couples film in years. It was directed by Ilana Rothman from Kink.com. Worth watching just for the real life orgy at the end.
The blurb: An Open Invitation is first and foremost a love story. The tale of a marriage not in trouble but which is elevated and erotically charged by a chance encounter with a couple over diner who plays in the alternative lifestyle, the movie follows the arc of how a couple moves from a staid, predictable and happy life to one filled with adventure, phenomenal sex and, most importantly, open communication about their desires. The movie has been called one of the best couples films of all time, using great on-location footage, subtle acting and well-crafted dialog to build some of the most believable and compelling sex scenes ever filmed. In addition to career-defining performances that earned the film 13 AVN nominations (including best film, best actress/actor, best girl/girl, best orgy), An OPEN Invitation intersects with an actual swingers party for the final scene. 127 real swingers got busy with the stars and each other to create a visually stunning cinematic milestone in adult film history.
Pregnant With Desire
Madison Young continues her queer sexual exploration via her company Heartcore Films. The porn industry considers sex during pregnancy to be a “fetish” but this film seeks to take a far more realistic and respectful approach.
The blurb: Awarding-winning director Madison explores the radically transforming bodies, diverse desires, and passionate energy of four beautiful, pregnant women. On camera interviews included! They reveal their erotic secrets of pregnancy: orgasmic birth best/favorite sex positions, the eroticism of location. Sadie Lune discloses her deep attraction to pregnant women, then lovingly worships Tricksie Treat’s bountiful body all the way to orgasm. Newcomer Ambrosia Rose, radiant in her second trimester, recalls the intense erotic energy experienced during her first pregnancy while she conjures that eroticism by belly dancing and pleasuring herself to climax. Real couple Penny Barber and Eric talk about their lactation fetish before sharing their intimate sexual play with the camera. Miss Muffy and Syd Blakovich discuss erotic fantasies and share a delicious sex scene with strap-on play and sweaty, drawn out orgasms. These women are glowing with sexual energy – truly pregnant with desire!
Matinee
Jennifer Lyon Bell’s film isn’t exactly new but it’s now available in the US via distributor Good Releasing so I wanted to include it here. This is one of my favourite erotic films, well made and seriously sexy!
Best Narrative Short Film, Cinekink NY, 2009, Feminist Porn Awards Honourable Mention 2009
The Blurb: Stage actors Mariah and Daniel play lovers every night, but their onstage romance lacks spark. One slow afternoon, they discover that today’s matinée performance will make or break both their careers… Blue Artichoke Films is a new company run by Jennifer Lyon Bell, a New Yorker who makes her home in Amsterdam. Matinee is an amazing 40 minute exploration of intense sexuality and it’s beautifully acted and shot. This is a REAL film, folks… with some hot sex too!
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Dreadlocks And Glasses
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
I have a number of really long-winded blog posts that I need to write but I’ve been busy doing other things the last couple of days. So in order that the blog doesn’t look too dead, I thought I’d whack up a couple of sexy pictures.
I want to see more guys wearing glasses in porn. It’s sexy. And I’ve just written an erotic story for For The Girls about an encounter between two people who met via Twitter. The guy wears glasses.
And dreadlocks. Aren’t they sexy? We need to see more of those too!
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